Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, has apparently backtracked on a threat to withdraw his forces from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, after Russia’s Ministry of ...

Russian forces have claimed full control of Bakhmut, ending an intense monthslong battle for the eastern city that came to embody Ukrainian resistance. The news will serve as a symbolic boost for ...

Ukrainian soldiers riding on an armored vehicle in Bakhmut in November.Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Supported by Photographs by The New York Times Written by Marc Santora Our ...

Russian forces are edging closer and closer to capturing the city of Bakhmut, after weeks of bloody fighting gradually wore down a resolute Ukrainian resistance. Bakhmut is not the sort of city ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Bakhmut was “only in our hearts,” hours after Russia’s defense ministry reported that forces of the Wagner private army, with the ...

The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group announced Friday that his private army, which has been spearheading the bloody fight to capture Bakhmut, will pull out of the Ukrainian city next ...

Russia and Ukraine have long been fighting over the city of Bakhmut, a conflict that is unlikely to be stemmed in 2025 barring an unforeseen end to the Russo-Ukrainian war. Ukrainian forces have ...

Before the Russian invasion, the civilian population of Bakhmut exceeded 70,000. As of early 2025, no civilians likely remain in the city. The video shows various landmarks and buildings before ...

And then the whole world watched for months. Much of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, already seemed shelled to oblivion in December.Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Supported by By Thomas ...

As the counteroffensive begins, former residents of Bakhmut, Ukraine, look back on images of their city before it was reduced to rubble in the war with Russia. Photographs by students of the ...